Machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms



1.. MAWBEY 2,119,591

MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHOE BOTTOMS June 7, 1938.

Filed Oct. 26, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet l //v VE/V Tm? June 7, 1938. MAWBEY 2,119,591

MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHOE BOTTOMS Filed Oct. 26, 1956 s Sheets-Sheet 2 June 7, 193s. MAW EY' 2,119,591

MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SHOE BOTTOMS Filed 001;. 26, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented June 7, 1938 UNITED STATES Lawrence Mawbey,

to United Shoe Leicester, England, assignor Machinery Corporation, Paterson, N. J., a corporation of New Jersey Application October 26, 1936, Serial No. 107,632 In Great Britain November 11, 1935 38 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in shoe machines and is herein illustrated as embodied in a machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms of the type disclosed in Letters Patent of the United States No. 2,047,185, granted July 14,

1936 on an application filed in the names of Milton H. Ballard et al.

The machine of the patent referred to may be provided with pressure applying devices or pad boxes particularly adapted for operating on mens shoes in the manner disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,005,755, granted June 25, 1935 on an application filed in the name of Francis J. Better and in Letters Patent of the United States No. 2,063,041, granted December 8, 1936 on an application filed in the name of Lloyd G. Knowles. The pad boxes disclosed in the two last-mentioned patents are provided with mechanisms for relatively locating a sole and a shoe upon the pad of the machine and the latter is arranged to press the shoe and sole together to cause the sole to become secured to the shoe by cement. For the sake of brevity the term shoe is used herein as including both boots and shoes.

As shown and described in the Ballard et al. patent the machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms has a turret arranged torotate in a horizontal plane and carrying a plurality of shoe pressing pads arranged with their longer axes extending in the direction of rotation of the turret. The pressing faces of the pads face upwardly and each pad has associated therewith a set of sole and shoe locating means carried by the turret for relatively locating soles and shoes placed on the pads.

The mechanism disclosed in the Ballard et al. Patent No. 2,047,185 for relatively locating a sole and shoe on the pad is mounted on the pad box 40 and includes means for relatively locating the heel ends of the sole and shoe comprising in part a sole locating pin adapted to enter a hole in'the central portion of the heel end of the sole, a forked member having faces disposed thereon for engaging the opposite sides of the heel end of the shoe, and mechanism for moving the pin, While it is engagingthe sole, laterally of the shoe to cause the sole to move into the desired position relatively to the shoe.

The sole locating pin andforked heel engaging member have been found in practice to be particularly suited for operating on womens shoes since the heel operating portions of the soles of such shoes are usually of such a relatively flimsy nature that they do not allow the soles to be readily positioned relatively to the shoe bottoms by members which engage the opposite edge faces of the heel portions of the soles.

On the other hand, however, the soles of mens shoes are usually of a relatively stout character and the necessity for punching a hole in the heel end of the sole for the sole locating pin and the use of the cooperating forked member in relatively locating the sole and shoe can be avoided by utilizing a pair of sole locating fingers or gauges which engage the opposite edges of the relatively thick heel portion of the sole and. cooperate with a similar pair of fingers 'or gauges for engaging the opposite sides of the shoe itself to determine the relative positions of the sole and shoe.

A convenient arrangement of this kind is shown in the Knowles and the Better disclosures referred to above. None of the sole and shoe locating means disclosed in the patents mentioned, however, is equally suitable for operating on 'both mens shoes and womens shoes, including those to which Louis heels are to be attached, and this fact has, up to the present, generally necessitated the use in pressure applying machines of the type referred to of alternative pad boxes supporting different gauging mechanisms according to whether mens or womens shoes were to be operated on.

An object of the present invention is to provide improved sole and shoe locating means for use in a machine for applying pressure to shoe bottoms adapted to operate with equal efliciency on womens shoes which have sole locating holes punched in the heel end portions of their soles and which are relatively short in length, or on mens shoes the heel end portions of the soles of which have no such holes punched therein and which are relatively long. A further object of the invention is to provide a pad box having improved pad retaining means thereon of such a nature that different pads for operating either on mens or womens shoes can readily be assembled in or removed from the pad box according to Whether mens shoes or womens shoes are to be operated upon.

With these objects and purposes in view, an illustrative embodiment of the invention comprises a pad box or container for a shoe receiving pad having forepart locating or gauging means similar to that disclosed in the Ballard et a1. patent referred to, and having mechanism for relatively locating the heel ends of a sole and shoe generally similar to those disclosed in the Better patent and the Knowles patent, the heel hole in the heel portion of a sole for a womans' i of, whichis located on shoein substantially the same position "lengthwise thereof,

tion, however, is provided with pivotally' mounted means for supporting a pinadapted to engage a shoe, andthis supporting means is readily movable, by outward anddown'vvard swinging move- I mom of its supporting means, to remove the pin 7 5mm operative V I operate on a mans shoe; the heel end of the, sole th eflpad by other'means The position when it is desired to engaging .the opposite 1 edges of,, the sole.

' arrangement'of the mechanism issuch that when the sole locating is in position'for operating on a'womansshoethe pin and theiheel portion; I

iof the sole which it engages will occupy a position lengthwise of the pad which isspac'ed'from the other locating means'referredto for engaging the 7 appear more fully from the'followingdescription,

opposite edges of the heel portion of the sole of a mans shoe, so'that the'last-mentioned means will not strike the pin or the sole even if it be allowed to be actuated idly byits actuating; mechanism 'whenthepinisinuse. V

The pad box carries a U-shaped plate overlying the forepart of thepad to retain the pad'in' position in the box, the platebeing normallyclamped against the pad but being capable of swinging up wardly-to allow the pad to be removed from'the Zibox. ,Thepadbox also carries clamping means i arrangedto overlie the heel portion of the pad itchold it in the pad box, which means may likewise be readily removed "from over the pad to facilitate the removal of thepadifr'om the box. These and other features of the invention will when read in connection with the accompanying awings and will be pointed out in the appended claims. 7 a i H :In the drawings,

'Fig. 1 is a plan view of a pad box: embodying 1 I adjustable position onth'epadlsaid supporting the, invention Fig 2 is a side elevation of the pad box@ and Fig; 3 is a view partly in sectionzoflthe mechanism at the right-hand end' of the pad box as seen from the left in Figs. land 2;"

The pad box is similar, in many respects, to that disclosed in'theKnowles patent mentioned above 1 portion of the pad and a forward casting 6 pivoted'to, the rear casting and angularly adjustable relatively thereto for supporting the 'forep'art of the'pa d. The forepart gauging mechanism com-' prises'a pair ofisole and'shoe engagin'gfingers' carriedby arms 78 and i0 similar to these described in the Ballard 'et al. patent, which arms are arran'ged'in crossedrelationto each other and are pivoted for 'freevertical movement on the angularly adjustable casting B of the padbox.

The arms 8"and I0 are'relatively long and' have gages thereon arranged to engage the opposite sides of the'sole' of a shoe on the pad within the ibox substantially at, or a little 'forward of,

the'tip line of the shoe. These arms or fingers are arranged to beiswung inwardly'towards each other to engage the edge, face of the sole by mechanism whichma'y bethe'same as that disclosedin the Ballard etal; patent. 1

I The castingfl of thefpad box iis'provided at its right-hand end, asviewed in Fig, 1, with a 'vertical'T-shaped guideway I2 in which an end wall 7 n I 4" carryingfa' horizontal outwardlyexten'dihg Thepad box of the presentiinven- V bracket 1 6 (Figs; 2 and 3) "is mounted. forivertical trated mechanism 15 provided with a pair of sole i fingers 20, one'of which is shown in engaging 2, for engaging the opposite edges of the rheel end portion of the sole and it is also'provided with a pair of shoe-engaging fingers 22,.for en-i gaging the opposite side portions of the ,heel' end a of the shoe, these two pairs of fingers being some; 7

what similar in ,constructionto those described in the Better patent referred to, being similarly supported upon'the outwardly extending bracket i6, and being operated respectivelythrough slide in the casting 4 and For relatively posisliding movement, the bracket being maintained 7 V yieldingly in a proper heightwise position by com- I pre'ssion springs I 8 mounted V engaging'the end wall 14.-

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members 2| and'r23 similar to tho se described in saidBetter patent as being actuated by a lever 25 (Fig. 1)"and a link 21, the sole engaging fingers 26 being clo'sedupon the soleprior to the positioningof the: shoe on the sole and the shoe" 7 engaging fingers 22 being later automatically closed upon the shoe-and then acting to' centralize the shoe relatively to the so1'e,' I

T The two pairs of fingers of the present embodiment for engaging the, heel ends of the sol'eiand shoe occupy positions lengthwise of the pad box which are well suited for'operating onwmens shoes the foreparts of which extendbetween the sole engaging fingers at the forepart of the sole' and'the heel .endiportions of which may extend Well over the heel end of the pad.

7 To enable the present construction readily to a be arranged to operate effectivelyton-*womenfsl shoes, which are shorter than -mens shoes, the

pad box is provided with pivoted 'means for sup- ,portinga sole locating pin24 (similar to the pin referred to in the Ballardet a1. patentiiexce'pti: that it isrelatively stationary when in operative position) arranged to enter a hole in the peer;

end portion of the soleof a womans shoe and thereby to'maintain' thesole in a definite but which the use of the pin is not: required.

In the illustrated construction thesupporting V n V means comprises a bracket 26' projecting for-4 and has a fixed casting 4 for supporting therear wardly from the outwardly extending b'racket' lever, is secured on this pin '28 and an upwardly extending arm'fiil of this lever'is maintained, forwardly of the padbox, in a definite substantially ls'and'having journalled in its forward enda pin 1 '26 lying lengthwise of the pad box. A bell crank vertical position by 'aspringfiz (Fig; 3) which j rocks the leverrearwardly until a rearWardlyex-' tending arm 34 on :the bell crank lever abuts against thei upper end'tof a vertical screw 36 "threaded through the bracket 26. A horizontal pin 38 projects lengthwise of the padbox from the upper end ofthe upwardly extending arm'3ll and on this pin is freely, mounted a two-part arm indicated generally in Figs. land 3 by-the numeral!!! for supporting the sole-locating'pinifl.

Vfhen the pin 26 is to be used the two-part arm: All extends ,rearwardly from'its pivot ittl substan-; tially horizontally and the pin 24 which-it sup? ports (in the manner hereinafterto be describedlj 7 the heel end of a 'shoes iBy rotating the vertical 7 notches conveniently "occupy such I positions inx-lthei bars that when they embrace the 'lugs 82 the; shoe-engaging ends. 22 I of I the bars" occupypositionsadjacent to the heel end of the pad,as indicated in'Fig- 1, so thatthey lie in a a i; "convenient positionto; engage the heel portion of] 1 a'mans shoe. r

-The-bars I4 eachhave'anotherinotch 88 (Fig. 1) 'cut'in their outeredges, these second notches being spaced further from the shoe-engaging: ends away from the notches 86; first mentioned; By swinging'the shoeeengag-ing ends. of the bars inwardly a short distance towards each other rela:

5 tively to'their gear segments against the action of their leaf springs ,84', t he notches; 85 are withdrawn from locking engagement with the grooved'lugs 82 and'the bars can be slid forwardly' towards the toe the notchedlug s 82when the bars are released.

V The shoe engaging ends 22'of the bars willthen.

occupy positions sometwo .inches'nearer the-toe I end of the. pad and accordingly'will overliethe 25 pad infa position suitable for engaging the oppo- Sitesides of: the heel portion ,of a. womanh shoe mounted. on the padz" The same gear segmentsf and notehed'bars' is provided for I "adjusting the sole engaging fingers'Z'G longi- "fiflitudinally of the pad.

Itiwilltherefore be understood that whenit is d'esired to use the 5 worhens shoes, the v gauges 22'will be bars "M 'for the shoe locating f' the heel portion' o fthe pad in the proper'position, wand theitwo p'art arm 40 carrying the sole-locat 1 ing pin 24 will be' swung'irom its depending iposia tion into its rearwardly extending horizontalpoa 4 sition: in which the sole-locating pin also lies 'over .the pad between the shoe engaging ends of the.

' bars; thepin being adjusted both widthwise and lengthwise of the pad; ii-necessary, to cause it to engage the hole in'the heelendiofthe sole and to 4 position thelatter in'the desired relation to the engaged by the automatic shoe which is later I H closing of. the shoe-locatingfingers TgZ. 'The sole locatingrfingers orgaugesiifl should atthis time be adjusted into their ofthe sole-locatingpin 2'4. j a

p Whenthe pad box is to be usedvfo'r mens vshoes the'two-part'arm thesurface of the pad intoits depending posi tion shown in'Fig. 3 and the members "or bars as ofthe'shoe engaging fingers i into their original'positions to adapt them-:for

engaging'the'longer 'heel'end portions of men s 'shoes' and sol'es.-

. II gear segments until the pair of notches 83 in the r 2,119,591." 7 I V bars 74 engagethegroovedlugsB2. irhesole and. shoe-locating fingers are theu both overlying. the A heel'end of the pad, the shoe-locating fingers .22

of the bars ,and being located about; two inches end of thep'adsufiicientl'y to' Q 2m. bring the second notches esm position to embrace arrangement of pad'box for operating on' slid relatively to their gear seg- 35: ments to cause their shoe-engagingends to overlie,

'heelward or right-hand positions so as no'tfto interfere with the op'eration" wwui be swung away from;

V 22 will then :be slid back awayfromover the heel portion of'the pad.

cooperating with thei'sole locating fingersZO for Itmay be desired to use the presentpad box for operating on"relative1y"-short shoes, such as 7 Under these circumend 'of the pad box are slid towardsithelto'e end and, by means of lying directly over thesole locating fingers' j'ust as they dowhen the pad v box is to be usedior."

operating on-mens shoes.

The pad boxis deep enough toasupport both a 1 fluid-filled shoe-engaging pad and a pairoffleixi- 'ble rubber blocks orpads forming a bed on which ID? the -,fluid-filled pad rests; o'neof the rubber pads underlying the forepart portionbfthe 'fluid filled'" pad. and the'otherunderlyingthe heel portion of said pad.

It desirable that fluid-filled pads of d ifiierent. sizes or shapes be used in the pad box" according to whether the pad box is to be used for attach ing soles to mens orlto womens shoes, the dif 1 i t bads. being convenientlyof the sa'rneover all dimensions but 'having'g'for exampla'diflere'ntlengthwise and transverse curvatures on their rifle-engaging faces u gm re closelythe i contours of'the b o .q en and. womens f 7 shoes as the case may .be.

In order; to allow thepad in'the pad box to be rapidly removed and replaced by-another .pad

which iszmore suitable for operating on another kind of shoe,l'the illustrated pad'boxis provided with means whichg althou'wgh it acts normally to a hold the pad firmly in position in the'ipad'boit,

. can readilybe moved into a position thatwill allow the pad tobe easily and quicklyi removed from the box. 7

Fob-this purpose the 'pad b0x carries ontheQ casti gfi (Figs.

1 and 2 which houses-the foref ing to those desc ibed in the Knowlespatent above referred to, thelower plate fiil b'ea'ring against the margin of the forepart of the pad to holditf 1 firmly on its bed. Interposed between the two part portion of ,the pad, a pair of .s up erp'osed 7N: substantially U-shaped plates" 96, '92, correspond plates is a two-part mask plate .;94, which,,as

pointed out in the I patent .just]mentioned,is. a

adjustable lengthwise and widthwise of the pad box between'the plates to adapt'the pad box for;

operating on shoes of different sizes.

In order to allow the several plates to be moved away from their pad-clamping position to facilitate' removalfofwthe. pad from the box, ;the

shafts flfi extending widthwise of the pad at.

{positions beyond the 'toe end of the pad andsubstantiallyon the same level as thez plane of The plates normally occupy a" position about the shafts 96 in which they press downwardly against the opposite margins of the .pad. 1T0" hold the plates in this position thereis secured on each of the opposite sides of the'pad box; an upwardly extendingpivot pin 98 on which 'is freely: I

rotatable a plate clampingfinger lllfigwhiehisheld' against vertical movement.

7 plate, to hold thellower' plateflfl pressed against, the pad: A bifurcated ear 102 extends to the right;

fromieaeh clamping finger and a' screw I04 freely V E'ach'of the 'fingers J89 has an inwardly projecting portion arranged to overlie the. upper'plate 92 near theright hand end of the latter. and, by engagementv with this i pivoted on a Vertical pin l06-alsofast in thepad I box is arranged-t0 extend through the ear I02 from being swung about'its pivot 9 8 in 'adire'cr V a'nut I08 on itsouter en'd',.t0 act normally toprevent the clampingifinger H10 e 7 m plates are 'pivotally mounted on horizontal 1 the soleeeng'aging face of the toe end of the pad.;

of the pad while maintaining its predetermined tion to remove its inwardly projecting portion from over the upper plate 92.

By slackening the nut I08 on the outerend of the screw I94, however, the screw can easily be swung to one side about its pivot lot; so that the clamping finger it can readily be swung about the pivot 98 to move its inwardly projecting portion from over the plates. When this has been done the upper and lower'plates, with the masking plate 94 between them, may be swung upwardly about their supporting pins or shafts 96 to a raised position in which theyare well clear of the pad so that the latter may be lifted bodily out of the box. The mask plate 96 may be conveniently connected to an adjusting hand lever H0 through a link H2 which facilitates its upward movement with the plates. In order to cause the plates to bear upon a new pad assembled in the box, it is only necessary to swing them downwardly into engagement with the pad and to move the two clamping fingers Hill so that their inwardly projecting portions overlie the upper plate 92. The retaining screws M for these fingers may then be swung between their bifurcated ears I02 and the nuts I88 tightened on the screws.

The heel-end portion of the pad box has secured to it a thin metal frame I M (Fig. 2) which extends around this portion of the pad and has flanges H6 extending from its opposite side portions which overlie the opposite side margins of the heel portion of the pad. At its front and rear sides, as viewed in Fig. l, and near its heel end, the pad box has vertical pins H3 secured to it, on each of which is freely rotatable a clamping finger I20 of the same kind as that which engages theupper plate 92 at the forepart of the pad. These latter clamping fingers l2il have inwardly extending portions arranged to overlie the flanges NE on the metal frame H4 and thus to hold the heel portion of the pad firmly on its bed. These clamping fingers l20 have bifurcated ear portions I22, engaged by swinging retaining screws I24 provided with nuts I255, similarly to the clamping fingers previously described.

Thus' it will be understood that the pad is retained in place within the box by four clamping fingers, two arranged to clamp the forepartportion of the pad against the pad bed, through-the superposed plates aforesaid, and two arranged to clamp the heel portion of the pad against the bed.

Although these clamping fingers are normally retained in operative position by their retaining screws, these latter can readily be swung aside to allow the clamping fingers to be moved .to an inoperative position relatively to the plates so that when the superposed plates have been raised the pad can readily be lifted out of the box and another pad of a diiferent'shape or size substituted therefor.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means having a predetermined angular relation to the pad when in an operative position and urged toward the pad under pressure for locating a sole relatively thereto, and means for permitting the sole locating means to be swung into a depending position remotefrom the pad when said locating means is not to be used, said lastnamed means being also constructed and arranged to adjust the sole locating means laterall angular relation thereto.

2. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a member initially resting on the pad in a predetermined angular relation thereto for positioning the heel portion of a sole on the pad, means carrying said positioning member constructed and arranged to permit the swinging of said member in a plane perpendicular to the length of the pad into a depending position at one side of the pad, means for urging said member toward the pad when in an operative position, and means.

engaging said carrying means for adjustingthe positioning member widthwise of the pad without changing its initial angular relation thereto.

3. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means initially resting in a predetermined position on the pad for positioning the heel portion of a sole on the pad, supporting means for said positioning means so constructed and arranged that the positioning means may be swung laterally and heightwise of the pad from normal position into an inoperative position remote from the pad, and means for locking said positioning means in its initial position when it is-in use.

4. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a tongue normally resting against the surface of the pad for engaging a sole on the median line of its heel portion and holding. the sole against movement relatively tothe pad, a pair of relatively movable shoe gauges for positioning a shoe relatively to the pad, and means for permitting the sole engaging tongue to be moved away from the surface of the pad into a position at one side of the pad box when the tongue is not to be used so that it will not interfere with the operation on the shoe.

5. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means normally resting on the surface of the pad-for positioning the heel portion of a sole thereon, means for adjusting said positioning means relatively to the pad while it is still resting thereon, and means for swinging the positioning means transversely of the pad into a depending position at one side of the pad box, thereby removing the positioning means entirely from the pad when operating on some types of shoes.

6. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

the pad, thereby removing the tongue into an in: operative position remote from the pad when the latter is to operate on soles with which the tongue is not utilized. i

'7. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe'bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

a tongue for engaging the heel portion of a sole and holding it in a predetermined position .on the pad, an arm carrying said tongue, and means pivoted on the pad box for supporting said arm for swinging movement heightwise and outwardly of the pad to permit removal of the tongue from operative position into an inoperative position at one side beyond the edge of the pad. V l

8. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided With'a solereoeiving pad,

a, tongue; normally ,engagingthe pa d 'for holding a .sole in a predetermined position thereon, an

7 arm carrying said tongue; 'a'bell crank lever 'piv-' oted'on the pad box for supporting said arm, said arm being pivoted to one armioi said lever, and meanscooperating with, another arm ofsaid le V ver'for adjusting the lever about its pivot, thereby varying the initial *laterally 'of the pad,

erally of the pad. 1 V

' '9; A pad ,box for use in applying pressure t6 shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, 'a'tongue' resting normally on the surface of a the pad for engaging the heel portion of a sole and holding it in an" approximately central position 7 "shoeigauges fo'r'positioning ashoe relativelyjto the pad; said gaugesextending longitudinally of the'padialongcpposite sides-oi the tongue, and means" for supporting wthe tongue in its central 10. A pad box for use in' 'a'p-plyi'n g pressure to shoe bottoms provided with alsole receiving D d, a

tongue resting normally oni the surface of the pad for engaging the heel portion of a'sole and holding it jinran approximately central. position laterally'of the pad, a pairfof equally and oppositely-movable shne gauges'for positioning a r a shoe relatively to ithe'i-p-ad, said gaugesextending.

longitudinally of the pad r v tongue; means for supporting the tongue in said 7 i central. position between the shoe". gauges, and means for adjusting said tongue relatively to 7 said shoe gauges v l V V a V l "'.1 1'.;A pad box toruse in applying pressure to shoebottorns provided withga solereceiving-pad; a tongue normally resting'against thesole engag- 1 ing surface of the pad for engaging the heel 'por-' tion'of asme and'hol'ding it in apredetermined V position relatively thereto, al swingingarm exy tending transversely over the surface of the pad surface of the'pad to adjust theton'guelongigaging surface of the pad for engaging the heel' for supporting said tongue, said" arm being arranged to swing laterally of the pad in a plane perpendicular tojthe length-of ithelpad "to; re-' i 2 move the; tongue from its operative-position to I an inoperative position; and means forfswinging said" arm in a plane parallel to the sole engaging tudinally'thereof. v I g v. r a o r '12. A' pad boxiormsein applying pressure to atonguenormalh} resting against the sole en' portion of a sole and holding it in a predetermined positionirelatively thereto, a swinging arm "extending transversely over the surface of the 3 I arranged to swing laterally otthe pad in a plane 7 perpendicular to the length of the pad toremove E the tongue from its operative position to aninoperative positi'onfr means for swinging said arm 7 adjust the tongue longitudinally 'of the padgand V pad for' supporting-said tongue; said arm'being in a plane-parallelto the surfacefof-the pad to a means for simultaneously moving the arm-lengthwise I of itself to prevent lateral movemenflof lsai'd' tongue during the longitudinal adjustment.

13; A. pad box forusein applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

7 a pair of gauges forpositioning an end portion, {of a shoegrelativelyto thepad, and means for 'Vilengthening'or" shortening Teach gauge at will and independently of the other gauge to permit position of the tongue lata pair of, relatively movable v means for shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

them to operate successively on shoes of different lengths, 7

shoe. bottoms I provided with a sole receiving pad, apair of relativelymovable gauges, forpositionends of saidgaugesinto a plurality of predetermined'positions longitudinally of thehpad to enable them to operate on shoes, of different sizes. *"'15. A pad box for use in; applying pressure to V 14.. A 'padbox for use in lapplying pressure to, I

ing an end portion of a shoe relatively tothe "f p'a'd; andmeans for adjusting the work-engaging shoe bottoms provided with a sole receivingpad,

gauges for positi'oning' anend portion of ashoe relatively to the pad; means foroperatingfsaid gauges; nieans'for changing the operative lengths of the gauges at willwithout; interfering with 'said' operating means, andj meansgfor aut'omati'g cally determining the adjusted positions of the 1 e u s- 16. A pad box lengthening or shortening the gauges into predetermined positionsilengthwise thereof to adapt them for operating on shoes of different sizes, and meansfor automatically maintaining the gauges l in predetermined adjusted positions. a

A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided withra jsole receiving pad, gauges for positioning an end portionjof'asole shoe-relatively to the sole on the pad; and means for varying the efiective lengths of the'gauges predetermined amounts to permit themtor oper ate successivelyon shoes of differentlengths. :18. A pad box for use in applying pressure to i 7 shoe bottoms provided with a solefreceivingpad} gauges for relatively positioning a sole and shoe onjthe pad, means forflsimultaneously swinging said gauges laterally toward andlfromj the sole 7 foruse in applying pressure to 7 shoe bottoms provided With'a' sole receiving. pad,', gauges forpositioning'a sole and shoe relativelye f to eachother on the pad, adjusting means for; a

on the padgseparate gauges for positioning a; at opposite sides of the and shoe, and'means for lengthening-or shorten-' ingsaid gauges relatively to 19. A padiboxlfor, use inapplying'pressure to shoe bottorns provided with a sole receivingipad,

laterally: movable gaugesfolr relativelyjposition ing-the heel portions'o'f a sole and shoe on the 'pad means for adjusting the gauges longitudinally of the pad to permit them to'operate su'cj said 'swinging'means to adapt the gauges for operating on both large V and smallshoes. 45

cessivelyon shoesof different lengths; andspring 7 holding thegauges in adjusted posi tions. l t I a s '5 :3. 20. -A pad box 'for' use in applying "pressureto shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiv'ing pad,

means for relatively locating one ltype of'sole and shoe onthe pad, means for relatively'lo'cating'a different type of sole and shoe on thepad, and mechanism permitting removal of either lo reaming means L Q r ti positionwh nt other locating-means is in use,

dibQ f rus ina p y pressure'ft o shoe bottoms provided witha sole receivingpadj gauges for locating a shoe relatively toga sole positioned on" the pad;-means for moving-said shoe gauges bodily lengthwise ofjthe pad, and; separate meansfor yarying the effective lengths" of "said 7 gauges lengthwise of the pad.

22. A pad box for applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a solefreceiving pad, means for positioning the heel portion of a sole on the pad,;a pair of gauges interconnected for positive movement equal amounts in opposite, directions 7 for positioning 'a-shoe on the sole,'mechanisr nf-tor Operating said gauges in said manner, and means for varying the operative positions of the work engaging ends of the gauges predetermined distances lengthwise of the pad without changing the relation of the gauges to said operating mechanism, thereby permitting the gauges to operate on shoes of different lengths.

23. A pad box for applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a pair of gauges for positioning ashoe relatively to the pad, mechanism for eifecting equal and pposite movement of the gauges, and connections between said gauges and said mechanism permitting the work engaging ends of thegauges to be adjusted longitudinally of the pad into a plurality of positions for operating on shoes of dif ferent lengths. v

24. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

a pair of gauges for positioning a shoe onv the pad, each gauge having a'plurality of notches thereon located at different positions lengthwise of the gauge, intermeshing gear segments supporting said gauges for movement relatively thereto and operable to produce equal and opposite movement of the gauges, a lug on each'gear segment provided with a groove, and means constantly urging each gauge toward its corresponding lug to cause one of the notches on the gauge to embrace the groove in the lug when the two are moved into alinement with each other by movement of the'gaug'e relatively to its segment,

thereby locating the gauges in difierent positions relatively to the pad.

25. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means for locating a relatively large sole on the pad, separate means for locating a medium size sole on the pad, and means for moving either of said sole locating means out of operative relation to the pad when the other locating means is in use.

26. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,.

means for locating a relatively long sole on the surface of the pad, separate means for alternatively locating a medium length sole on said surface, means for locating a shoe relatively to the pad, and means for moving said shoe locating means into position to cooperate with either of said sol-e locating means.

27. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means for locating a relatively long sole on the surface of the pad, separate means for alternatively locating a medium length sole on said surface, a pair of relatively movable members for locating a shoe relatively to the pad, means individual to the shoe locating members for adjusting them longitudinally into a position for operating upon either a long shoe or a short shoe depending upon the type of sole on the pad, and means for moving the non-operating sole locating means into a position remote from the surface of the pad.

28. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a pair of gauges for locating a relatively long sole on the pad, a tongue for locating a shorter sole on the pad, a single pair of shoe gauges for locating shoes of all lengths relatively to the pad, means for adjusting said shoe gauges lengthwise of the pad to bring them into cooperating relation with either the tongue or the sole gauges, means for moving the sole gauges longitudinally of the pad out of operative relation thereto when the shoe gauges are cooperating with the tongue, and means'for swinging the tongue heightvvise of the pad into a position remote from the pad when the shoe gauges are cooperating with the sole gauges. a

29. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, gauges for positioning the heel portion of a sole on the pad, gauges for positioning the heel portion of a shoe relatively to the pad, means for adjusting said sole gauges lengthwise of the pad to permit them to operate on soles of difi'erent lengths, separate means for adjusting the shoe gauges longitudinally of the pad inaccordance with the position of the sole gauges, and means for adjusting the sole and shoe gauges as a unit longitudinally of the pad.

30. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a pair of gauges for positioninga sole on the pad, intermeshing gear segments supporting said sole gauges and operable to move them equal amounts in opposite directions, a separate pair of gauges for positioning a shoe relatively to the pad, intermeshing gear segments supporting said shoe gauges and operable to move them equal amounts in opposite directions, and means for adjusting either gauge of each pair relatively to its gear segment and independently of the other gauges. 31. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad,

said tongue for medium length shoes, or to cooperate with the sole gauges when the latter are positioned for operating on relatively long soles or are positioned for operating on relatively short soles.

32. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, a tongue normally resting on the pad for positioning the heel portion of a sole on the pad, a pair of shoe gauges located at opposite sides of the tongue and movable equal amounts in opposite directions for positioning the heel portion of a shoe relatively to the pad, means for adjusting the tongue longitudinally and laterally of the pad relatively to the shoe gauges, means for varying the operative lengths of said shoe gauges at will and independently of the tongue, and means for normally supporting the tongue between said shoe gauges but permitting said tongue to be swung away from the pad into a position remote from the shoe gauges.

33. A pad box for use in applying pressure to shoe bottoms provided with a sole receiving pad, means fulcrumed on the pad box for pivotal movement relatively thereto for confining the pad therein, means carried by the pad box for securing said confining means in operative posimeans e n mova e b ut an x s Substant ally ara el w the Plane f the W9 k:en a n ac of he ad e nse or,l ck n vsa d cl mp ng mean npad l mpin piqs ion, axi'd'me'at s fa t ning ai lock ne m ns i O era iv p051:

ti'bri, said fastening ihearis being readily rempv ab e o el asethe ock n means and perm t win in m y nfi 9 he qnf inin mean b'qut its axis' th ereby allqwi'ng a, quick remqy'al'qf the r m 7 bas r 35. A pad box for use in applying pre sure to shde bottoms provided with an inflatable sole 1 eceiyirig pad, a plate for confining the had within he ma hex, aid p at bein r n ed t swine i ig ise i the x a l u an is loca e s bstantiaHy in the planejbf the soleereeeivingjsuriaffe o me pad, a, finger movable aboiit a"ve!:tieal' a'xis fbr' holding'the plate in padeg'nfimfng position, and rpivg tedmejanjs fqr engaging the fihg r and lg ckingr it in pia tive 'p ositio' n against the plafie, said. pivoted means beihgefi'enged to phef l attef andvpermit movement thereofeboilt ip s vertical axis away from the plate, thereby releas ihjgjche plate for-mov ement heightw'ise of the pad; box and allowing a, quicl'; ,int'erphange of vM S- V V r "3.6.- A'papl box for use inrapplying pressure to shge bottomeproi/ided with a; pad. having a s q1e repeivi g sprface thereoh, means dv'er lyih'g the margin pf said surface for confining the pad in p'qx; said meamg being arranged to swing abeut n lq a 4 d su e ae ellx in the mam: q Surif qe,"

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n app y h 11 3 5 1 3110 au es f wa t n a or on i rgg a; Sole on the pad; means ges 'f ns r l ngthenin d a his to position the sqle' gauge}:

i am e their'arms' are lengtheneq pr shortened;

h e rleti el 't th vjso a m soles," sebaiate means" fdr'locating'a; sqlep fixligeg sjpr o 'dedwith asole. receiving paid,

gre spec piyely op sh tt and long soles. 

